Re: G-Inspector ?

[AOSASA Shigeru <lrr tree odn ne jp>]

Hi.

> Can anyone tell me what is G-Inspector ?.

G-Inspector is a tool that inspect a GTK application internals at run-time.
No special modification to the GTK application is required on inspection.


Screenshots:
  + http://sourceforge.net/project/screenshots.php?group_id=134778

Similar tools:
  + Qt Object Inspector - http://doc.trolltech.com/solutions/qtobjectinspector/overview.html
  + editres             - http://xorg.freedesktop.org/archive/X11R6.9.0/doc/html/editres.1.html

Mentioned by:
  + http://www.freax.be/blog/index.php/2005/03/25/g-inspector-is-so-cool


> I was searching for any documents regarding it but in vain.
> It will be great if somebody suggest me the link of its reference manual 

Due to my laziness, reference manual is not yet released.


> (or) how to use it ?.

* How to use G-Inspector

  1. prepare G-Inspector

    (a) install binary package
      + [debian] http://packages.debian.org/unstable/devel/ginspector

    or

    (b) build from source
      i. source tarballs
        + http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=134778&package_id=149086&release_id=330740
	+ http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=134780&package_id=149083&release_id=330738
	+ http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=134780&package_id=149085&release_id=330739
      ii. compile
        % cd /path/to/builddir

        % bzcat glrr-20050529.tar.bz2 | tar xf -
        % bzcat glrr-widgets-20050529.tar.bz2 | tar xf -
        % bzcat ginspector-20050529.tar.bz2 | tar xf -

        % cd glrr-20050529
        % ./configure
        % make

        % cd ../glrr-widgets-20050529
        % PKG_CONFIG_PATH=../glrr-20050529/pkgconfig ./configure
        % make

        % cd ../ginspector-20050529
        % PKG_CONFIG_PATH=../glrr-20050529/pkgconfig:../glrr-widgets-20050529/pkgconfig ./configure
        % make

      iii. (OPTIONAL) install 
        % cd /path/to/builddir

	% su

        # cd glrr-20050529
        # make install

        # cd ../glrr-widgets-20050529
        # make install

        # cd ../ginspector-20050529
        # make install


  2. run application with G-Inspector

    % /path/to/g-inspector GTK-APPLICATION [ARGS-FOR-GTK-APPLICATION ...]

    e.g.

    % /path/to/g-inspector gimp


  3. inspection

    After invoking the GTK application,
    extra window that created by G-Inspector will appear.

    If you want to inspect a widget,
      i.   select menu item - [View]/[Pickup List]
      ii.  select menu item - [View]/[Widget Picker]
      iii. click "Pick" button on Widget Picker window
      iv.  click target widget
      v.   right click at list item on Pickup List window
      vi.  select popup menu item - [View Widget Detail]

    If you want to inspect a GType,
      i.   select menu item - [View]/[GType Tree]
      ii.  right click at tree item on GType Tree window
      iii. select popup menu item - [View GType Detail]



Notes:
  G-Inspecotr is still developing, silently.
  New version will be released at near future.


Regards,
--
AOSASA Shigeru